K.I.S Events
These are some of the major events that happened here throughout 2005
From the FIRST Day of School in February to the LAST Day of School in December.
Check Out The PICTURES Below
New Arrivals
Kia Ora to the new students and teachers who arrive here this year! The new Year-7 kids and their parents who are about to experience what "Channel K" and being the "Best" is all about. To the new teachers Miss T Mason in Room 5 (from Kamo Primary), Miss J Smith in Room 7 (Training College in Hamilton), Miss K Cameron (Training College in Whangarei) who is looking after Room 14 and Mrs D Hedley (returning from Tauranga) in Room 20.
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Tall Puppet Parade 2005
on Saturday March 6th the Students of Kamo Intermediate were involved in the
Whangarei Tall Puppet Parade which was part of the local
"Endless Summer Festival"
This year Hayley (Artist in Residence) and some selected students built the latest member of the Kamo Intermediate whanau -
KISS the Taniwha ! KISS was constructed to represent our school in Saturdays parade. 22 of the school's students (and a couple of friends from Canada) were part of the team to represent us in the parade. Well done to everyone there including the parents some who even dressed up (Lisa'a mum), I thought we were the coolest puppet team there.
See more pictures from the day on Hayley's Creative Arts Page in the Extensions Section.
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Thai Student Visit
On 23rd of March this year 12 students, their Principal and her husband arrive from
MATHAYOM WATSING School in Bangkok, THAILAND to visit us at Kamo Intermediate. They stayed for 2 weeks and the main purpose of the trip was to learn
English.
They were treated to trips around Northland including the Bay Of Islands, Waitangi and of course Whangarei. We at
"THE BEST INTERMEDIATE IN THE WORLD" enjoyed having their cultural influence around our school and we hope they enjoyed themselves as well
(See group photos below).
See the "Thai Students Visit" page for more photos and an interview with one of the Thai students
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Mr Smith Goes To . . . Everywhere!
Our Principal, Mr J.A. Smith this year has been awarded the APPA/ASB Travelling Fellowship, so what does this mean. This means he will be travelling around the world for the next three months observing different schools in Canada, USA, Scotland and England as well as the various "
Golf Courses" around the globe.
Of course the main purpose is to look around, and pick up different ideas from the schools. Also find out how they run and do things in different countries and at different types of schools. Hopefully any ideas he picks up he will then try here when he returns for Term 3.
You can see how his trip is going as he will send e-mails and photos from the various parts of the world and will be posting them on his
PRINCIPALS PAGE check it out to see where or what he is up to!!
Mr Smith's Journey Page Is where you can check out his E-Mails from around the world
Mr Smith's Photo Page Is where you can check out photos from his travels
(The Travelling "Smiths" Journey begins April 2005)
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Northland Kapa Haka Competition -
"Maori Extension"
This year Te Kura Takawaenga O Kamo put a team "NGA TIPURANGA O KAMO" in the Northland Kapa Haka Competition for the 1st time in 12 years!
With only 7 weeks of hard work before the competition the students, tutors Whaea Donna, Matua Pereri and of course Whaea Vanessa gave it their all to be ready in time.
So on Saturday 18th June they performed and
WE WON '5' PLACINGS in the Intermediate Section!!
2nd Whakanga Hau
3rd Haka
3rd Choral
3rd Whaikorero
3rd Waiata A Ringa
In the words of Whaea Vanessa - "I'm so proud of you all! - You did our school proud!!
"KA PAI NGA MAHI TAMARIKI MA"
(see pictures on the "Nga Tipuranga Kapa-Haka" Page, under Extensions!)
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BLACKOUT Friday -
Special Events
The Date: 25th June 2005 -
The Time: 10.30am -
The Place: Centre Court -
The Event: "BLACKOUT Friday" @ KIS!!
To show support for our rugby team the "All Blacks" Everyone at school were allowed to wear not their uniform but anything as long as it was
BLACK! Of course 2 people showed up wearing some red teams jerseys but Students, Staff and Teachers got into it (one even did a Nonu and wore eyeliner VW). So at least one school did their little bit and we hope the "ALL BLACKS" have a great win!!!!!
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"Welcome Back "To our own
K.I.S 'Phineas Fogg" Mr Smith. Sick of the northern summer, constant heat, fine dining and the endless shopping (wink, wink) we welcome Our Principal back to the Real World of Kamo Intermediate!!
Also in the first week of Term 3, we had the "Northland Bernina Fashion Awards" Organised by our own Hayley Clark. With over 230 entrants involved including a lot of current students & former students, a soldout Forum North Exhibition Hall and a great night
(Thank You so much for all those involved, who helped, entered or just watched. See everyone again next year August 17th when we have a "PASIFIKA" Theme)
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Central Northland Regional Science Fair 2005 -
16th August 2005
Well done to all those KIS Students who entered this years Science Fair. From the School Science Fair a chosen few were selected to enter the Regional Science Fair at Forum North. Although we didn't win the
"Overall Best Project" but we were fortunate enough to win 19 Awards.
Congratulations to all you "YOUNG EINSTEINS" from KIS
See the "Science Fair" Webpage under the EVENTS Section of our website for results and photos.
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School Mufti Day -
26th August 2005
As a fundraiser for the KIS Student Trip to Fiji we had a mufti day, with a difference. As normal the students wore mufti for a small fee but the teachers were "encouraged to wear a uniform, any uniform, that would fit. So enjoy the photos below.
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Kamo Intermediate @ WOWquest 2005 -
1st September 2005
Students from Rooms 21 and 11 were practising a dance routine for the K.I.S Roadshow but Miss Delaney (21) and Miss McQuinn (11) heard from our Resident Artist - Hayley about a new event, the
"Smokefree WOWquest 2005". So with a little bit of tweeking from Hayley, some help from The Secret Squirrels and a lot of rehearsal the new improved
"21-11 Dance" BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE for WOWquest was created.
Performed at the Forum North Theatre, we competed against 4 other school teams - Kamo High 1, Kamo High 2 and a school from Papakura South Auckland, Mansell Senior School.
After all the hard work and a really long day including a sugarfree walk after going to Burger King (Too Much Sugar ... Scary!!!!)
We won 2 sections - Best Choreography, Best Audio Track and Runner Up for Best Fashion Garment. Well done to everyone involved it was a great night!!! (as rumour has it, one Principal had tears in his eyes.)
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K.I.S Roadshow - Nga Tipuranga "The Rising Stars" -
5th - 15th September 2005
The Annual
D2D Production of the KIS Roadshow is up and away, and travelling to a school near you! With 13 performance around Whangarei, mostly at our feeder schools we hope you are inspired and when the audience finally comes to Kamo Intermediate maybe they will become
the STARS of the future.
(See pictures on the "Roadshow 2005" Page, under Events)
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KIS Intensives 2005 -
26th to 28th October
3 days of "amazing, awesome, enjoyable, crazy fun. The KIS students had a huge range of activities to choose from, some were 1 day events while others were 2 or 3 day long adventures. here's a list of some Intensives that were available:
Rock Bottoms (Pyjamas) - Constructions Challenge - Cycling Tour
Teddy Bears - Animal Survival - Felted Fairies - Golf
Paintball - Tapa - Jewellery - Hardcore Dance
Check out our "INTENSIVES 2005 Webpage", (under Events) for pictures and articles!
At the same times as our Intensives, a group of intrepid travellers went to Fiji for 8 days. With the terrible weather (Sunny and 30 degree temperature), freezing water (a cold 22 degrees) and food (fresh mangoes, bananas, coconuts) well they battled thru to have an outstanding and incredible time.
Check out the "Fiji Tour 2005" webpage for photos.
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TECH EX '05 -
15th to 18th November
We are having our Bi-Annual
”TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION” starting from
Tuesday 15th -to- Friday 18th November 9am - 4pm where we show off all the students work done in our Specialists and Extension classes. On
Thursday Night 17th November 4pm - 8pm of this week we will also be having the
“KIS Mini Gala” so if your not doing anything after school that day pop up and see what’s going on!! Some things happening are:
Donkey & Cart Rides * Bouncy Castle * Car Bash * Horizontal Bungy * Trampo Thrashin'
GAMES & STALLS
Hangi * Toffee Apples * Candy Floss * Sausage Sizzle * Pig On A Spit * Raffles
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Whangarei Rugby 7's
During February Kamo Intermediate entered a team into the "Whangarei Rugby 7's". Played on the Saturday morning before the start of the main competition Our team played some great rugby as they became their Age Group Tournament Champions. So congratulations to Tuhi H, Devron P, Ammon P, Harley K, Waike K, Clayton P, Katie R, Samaria T, Tawhai T, Kane B and Adam C. Also we must thank the coach Geoff Crawford.
(see team photo below)
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Duathlon 2005
On the 22nd February the Whangarei Duathlon took place at Onerahi (by the boat ramp and yacht club). Check out the Duathlon page in the SPORTS section for pictures and some results.
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Beach To Basin Fun Run 2005
Sunday 7th of March the
”Beach To Basin” Fun Run took place. As usual the response from the Kamo Intermediate Students was very impressive with 40 student teams taking part, this meant at least
200 KIS kids were involved. Some of our KIS Staff also took part but none would share finishing times.
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Winter Sports Tournament - 12th May 2005
Thursday the 12th saw more than 2000 Year 7 and 8 students head to the
"Kensington Sports Grounds" to participate in the annual
"Winter Sports Tournament" With 7 different sporting codes taking place it was a busy, fun-filled experience.
Check Out Our Winter Sports Tournament Page In The Sports Section - AVAILABLE NOW!!!
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Rugby League Age Group Tournament -
"Sportz@KIS"
Kamo Intermediate entered a team into this local competition with teams from Intermediates like Kaitaia, Dargaville, Bream Bay and of course us. After a tough 2 days and 5 games we came in
THIRD. Congrastulations and to see some more pictures check out our
Sportz@KIS Webpage.
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KIS Cross Country Champs -
Tuesday 30th August 2005
Our Marathon Championships were held on a lovely fine Tuesday afternoon. No rain, not too hot ... Perfect. With everyone competing there were a lot of great performances. First to compete were the Year 7 Girls, Then Year 7 boys, followed by the Year 8 Girls and finally the Year 8 Boys. Here are the placegetters!!
Year 7 Girls: 1st-Rachel B (R19) 2nd-Chelsea M (R14) and 3rd-Jessie M (R11)
Year 7 Boys: 1st-Harley G (R3) 2nd-Lachlan K (R10) and 3rd-Matthew B (R15)
Year 8 Girls: 1st-Jacqui C (R6) 2nd-Rachel C (R15) and 3rd-Nicole W (R14)
Year 8 Boys: 1st-Marcus H (R5) 2nd-Ryan S (R7) and 3rd-Clayton P (R2)
See the "Cross Country" Webpage under the SPORTS Section for results and photos.
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*** LUNCHTIME SPORTS – 2005 ***
These are the Inter-Class World Championships, which take place over the entire school year. So who were the best in each sport, here is the list of World Champions!!
TUG ‘O’ WAR
World Champions: Room 3 (Ms Te Whata, Kowhai Syndicate)
Runners-Up: Room 15 (Mrs Hudspith, Rimu)
SCATTERBALL
World Champions: Room 15 (Mrs Hudspith, Rimu Syndicate)
Runners-Up: Room 7 (Miss Smith, Matai)
SOFTBALL
World Champions: Room 6 (Ms Arms, Matai Syndicate)
Runners-Up: Room 21 (Miss Delaney, Nikau Syndicate)
SOCCER
World Champions: Room 13 (Miss Easterbrook, Tawa Syndicate)
Runners-Up: Room 17 (Mr Kini, Rimu Syndicate)
INDOOR BOWLS
World Champions: Room 22 (Mrs Seletto, Nikau Syndicate)
Runners-Up: Room 15 (Mrs Hudspith, Rimu Syndicate)
NETBALL
World Champions: Room 15 (Mrs Hudspith, Rimu Syndicate)
Runners-Up: Room 21 (Miss Delaney, Nikau Syndicate)
HOCKEY
World Champions: Room 5 (Miss Mason, Kowhai Syndicate)
Runners-Up: Room 15 (Mrs Hudspith, Rimu Syndicate)
GOAL-SHOOTING RELAY
World Champions: Room 11 (Miss McQuinn, Tawa Syndicate)
Runners-Up: Rooms 5, 9, 15, 21
*** THE END OF YEAR – 2005 ***
"The rooms have been cleaned, displays pulled off the walls and all the Prizes have been given!"
We wish all the Year 8's well as they move on to High School next year.
We also hope this years Year 7 students rest up and have a fun & safe Christmas break.
The Major Prizewinners 2005 were
Inter-Syndicate Champions: RIMU
Citizenship Award Winners (Top Year 8 Students): Rachel Chamberlain & Sam Frizelle
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO RECEIVED PRIZES
- ALL THE BEST FOR 2006 –
WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED BEING PART OF THE K.I.S WHANAU
